Walmart begins search for sustainable packaging

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“We don’t have time to waste.” With this imperative tagline, American retail giant Walmart launched its Circular Connector this spri...

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Walmart’s would-be role as circular packaging matchmaker

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With a new circular economy lead in place as of March, Anastasia Smolina, Walmart is stepping up its focus on recycling and reuse on multiple fronts —...

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EU-KENYA GREEN DIPLOMACY REPORT-PROMOTING A TRANSITION TO A CLIMATE NEUTRAL, NATURE-POSITIVE, RESOURCE EFFICIENT AND MORE CIRCULAR GLOBAL ECONOMY

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On the 11th and 12th of May 2021, European Union and Kenya held a Virtual EU-Kenya Green Diplomacy Conference, an event organised as part of the EU’s ...

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Investigation into plastic pollution moves inland New research highlights the increasing threat of microplastics to global farming and food production

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Scientists at Staffordshire University are driving research to understand the scale of plastic pollution in agricultural soils and its impact around t...

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Wastewater causes a ‘manmade disaster’ for Karachi’s marine life

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  Litter, uncollected garbage and foul odours are testament to the ordeal facing residents of Chashma Goth near Ibrahim Hyderi, a fishing village...

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Shareholders are critical to holding Amazon accountable on sustainability

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  While all 15 investor-backed resolutions raised during Amazon’s recent shareholder meeting died on the vine, there was a glimmer of hope with a...

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Choosing the right trees for a changing climate

Just as climate change has damaged over 10 million hectares of forests in the Canadian province of British Columbia, it is killing trees in cities too...

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National order bans single-use plastics in national parks. Does it go far enough?

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his article originally appeared in our Circularity Weekly newsletter. Subscribe to the newsletter here. It’s difficult to verbalize the innate yearnin...

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Is advanced recycling the answer to plastic waste?

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It’s an undeniably compelling notion: Take waste plastics of all types and turn them back into the building blocks for new plastics, indistinguishable...

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Circular Economy At Work in Kenya

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The world is changing fast, and the traditional business models that follow an almost “straight line to the rubbish dump” no longer make sense, says K...

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